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Michael Busch was selected in the first round of the 2019 MLB Draft

Not long after being named ACC Tournament MVP after the Heels took home the conference tournament championship, the good news kept coming in for UNC first baseman Michael Busch. Regarded as a likely first-rounder all year, those predictions came true on Monday night when he was taken by the Los Angeles Dodgers with their second pick of the first round, in the 31st slot:

The Dodgers announced him as a second baseman, where he did not play in college but did last summer in Cape Cod, according to his profile on MLB.com.